The Man Booker shortlist 2009

Claire Armitstead, literary editor of the Guardian, Sarah Crown, editor of guardian.co.uk/books and William Skidelsky, literary editor of the Observer, discuss this year's shortlist for the Man Booker prize

The Man Booker shortlist was announced this morning, and it's shaping up to be a vintage year. The Guardian's books team discuss the merits of Hilary Mantel's historical novel, whether JM Coetzee is in with a chance to pick up the prize for a record third time, and whether the judges were right to leave Colm Tóibín's Brooklyn out of the final six.